A court in Moscow extended the arrest of two defendants in the National Bloc case

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow extended until February 6 the arrest of Daniil Bondar and Kirill Uchenov, defendants in the National Bloc case, accused of organizing an extremist community. It is reported by MBH Media.

The defense asked to change the preventive measure to house arrest due to serious illnesses of the accused, for example, Bondar was diagnosed with an endocrinological disease and has a disability.

The investigation considered that Bondar and Uchenov could hide and continue their criminal activities, and being at large, they pose a threat.

are involved in the case In total, six people , four of them are accused of participating in an extremist community (part 2 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). According to the materials of the case, the members of the National Bloc movement were preparing "mass riots." They allegedly trained in the building of an abandoned hospital in the south of Moscow, the Losiny Ostrov park and in a forest near Moscow.

• On May 7, the FSB announced the detention of a group of neo-Nazis in Moscow, the Moscow region and Vladimir. It was noted that the detainees may be involved in attacks on people of non-Slavic appearance.
• On May 7, the Department of the Investigative Committee for Moscow reported that the group was created in the summer of 2017 by a young man, born in 1999. It allegedly included five people, three of whom are minors.